Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Jared Koenig (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jared Koenig RP - MIL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 20	# 326
VBR	# 202	# 553

Projections

Strikeouts	23	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.35	3.85
WHIP	1.20	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 263

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 384

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jared Koenig RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	47.0	7.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	23	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	36	12

Earned Runs	14	7

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	53	7

Walks	14	7

ERA	2.68	9.00

WHIP	1.06	2.71

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jared Koenig RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	22	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.4	13.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	16	12

Earned Runs	7	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	23	14

Walks	7	5

ERA	3.35	3.85

WHIP	1.20	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Jared Koenig RP - MIL
News
	David Bednar allowed one walk while striking out one over 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the save in a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Brewers optioned Jared Koenig to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	David Bednar allowed one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 2-0 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Brewers activated Jared Koenig from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	David Bednar struck out three while allowing two earned runs and two hits to earn the save in Tuesday’s 3-2 win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Jared Koenig will be activated from the injured list on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	David Bednar fired a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Brewers say Jared Koenig’s next outing may very well be back in the majors. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	David Bednar struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Jared Koenig’s next rehab outing is slated for Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Jared Koenig RP - MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Jared Koenig (2026)

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